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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1927

Page

9

Wig advice and school dunce tale in May London

London May 24 Wigmakers explain why judges scratch their heads as wigs age and curl. A R Witts, longtime Temple wigmaker, notes wigs made from Chinese horsehair weigh 4 to 5 pounds with 24 curl rows per judge. Dunce cap talk links dull kids to future genius with examples from Scott Hume and Cowen.

London A. R. Witts British Isles The Temple China America Mr. Witts

Afternoon scrap of Shaw and Shakespeare debate in London

The article notes Bernard Shaw’s skepticism about reopening Edmund Spenser’s Westminster tomb to locate potential Shakespeare manuscripts. It cites mixed views among scholars and actors, with Johnson Forbes Robertson and Sybil Thorndike in favor, while Shaw and others doubt the plan's significance.

Bernard Shaw Edmund Spenser Westminster Abbey Wiliam Shakespeare Johnson Forbes-Robertson Sybil Thorndike John Buchan Shaw John Martin-Harvey Sidney Low

Judge’s Advice to Young Women at Wedding Dances

A judge admonished young women choosing partners at dances, criticizing them for rushing into marriage with the wrong man and then seeking his intervention to fix the situation. He noted a case where a woman, about 20, complained of a husband who would not work and living with her parents-in-law against her will.

Germany Cairns

Boemecke Named Delegate to Foresters Parley

R C Boemecke was elected to represent St Marys court of Catholic Foresters at the state convention in Dubuque June 14 16 at the regular monthly meeting at St Marys auditorium last night J W Koch is a delegate by virtue of the

R. C. Boemecke St. Mary's Court

Educational talks at state board meeting led by Fr Theodosius and Maurice Welsh

A state board of trustees meeting featured educational talks by Rev Fr Theodosius Plassmeyer and Maurice Welsh. J W Koch served as chairman of the meeting.

Ing The State Board of Trustees Theodosius Plassmeyer Maurice Welsh J. W. Koch

Fellow Workman Saves Steeplejack at Power House

Ottumwa Iowa May 24 Clifford Lewis local steeplejack today probably owes his life to fellow workman Fred Stoker. Yesterday afternoon both men were on a smokestack at the Iowa Southern Utilities company power house when the scaffold slipped. As Lewis fell Stoker grabbed the guiding rope and slowed his descent. The flesh was burned from Stoker's hands.

Ottumwa Tra Clifford Lewis Fred Stoker Iowa Southern Utilities Company Lewis Stoker

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